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H. Hapuarachchi

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h-index: 27
Works: 84
Citations: 2,672

Most-cited papers

Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance
W. Ahmed, S. Simpson, P. Bertsch, K. Bibby +66 more
2021Science of the Total Environment262 citations Open access
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DNA barcoding: complementing morphological identification of mosquito species in Singapore
Abigail Chan, Lee-Pei Chiang, H. Hapuarachchi, C. Tan +5 more
2014Parasites & Vectors196 citations Open access
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Re-emergence of Chikungunya virus in South-east Asia: virological evidence from Sri Lanka and Singapore.
H. Hapuarachchi, K. Bandara, S. Sumanadasa, M. Hapugoda +8 more
2010Journal of General Virology142 citations Open access
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Outbreak of Zika virus infection in Singapore: an epidemiological, entomological, virological, and clinical analysis.
Zheng Jie Marc Ho, H. Hapuarachchi, T. Barkham, A. Chow +37 more
2017Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)138 citations Open access
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Entomologic and Virologic Investigation of Chikungunya, Singapore
L. Ng, Li-Kiang Tan, C. Tan, S. Tan +12 more
2009Emerging Infectious Diseases132 citations Open access
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Tracing the path of Chikungunya virus--evolution and adaptation.
L. Ng, H. Hapuarachchi
2010Infection, Genetics and Evolution128 citations
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A Systematic Meta-analysis of Immune Signatures in Patients With Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection
Terk-Shin Teng, Yiu-Wing Kam, Bernett Lee, H. Hapuarachchi +3 more
2015Journal of Infectious Diseases120 citations Open access
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Evaluation of Chikungunya Diagnostic Assays: Differences in Sensitivity of Serology Assays in Two Independent Outbreaks
G. Yap, Kwoon-Yong Pok, Y. Lai, H. Hapuarachchi +4 more
2010PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases116 citations Open access
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Dengue in Singapore from 2004 to 2016: Cyclical Epidemic Patterns Dominated by Serotypes 1 and 2
Jayanthi Rajarethinam, L. Ang, Janet Ong, Joyce Ycasas +8 more
2018American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene97 citations Open access
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Non-intrusive wastewater surveillance for monitoring of a residential building for COVID-19 cases
J. Wong, J. Tan, Ying-Xian Lim, Sathish Arivalan +12 more
2021Science of the Total Environment89 citations Open access
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Epidemic resurgence of dengue fever in Singapore in 2013-2014: A virological and entomological perspective
H. Hapuarachchi, Carmen Koo, Jayanthi Rajarethinam, C. Chong +7 more
2016BMC Infectious Diseases87 citations Open access
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Evolution and heterogeneity of multiple serotypes of Dengue virus in Pakistan, 2006–2011
Carmen Koo, A. Nasir, H. Hapuarachchi, Kim-Sung Lee +3 more
2013Virology Journal76 citations Open access
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Mosquito Cellular Factors and Functions in Mediating the Infectious entry of Chikungunya Virus
Regina Ching Hua Lee, H. Hapuarachchi, K. Chen, K. M. Hussain +6 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases76 citations Open access
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Ultrasensitive cDNA Detection of Dengue Virus RNA Using Electrochemical Nanoporous Membrane-Based Biosensor
V. Rai, H. Hapuarachchi, Lee-Ching Ng, Siew Hwa Soh +2 more
2012PLoS ONE72 citations Open access
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Evolution, heterogeneity and global dispersal of cosmopolitan genotype of Dengue virus type 2
S. P. Yenamandra, Carmen Koo, Suzanna Chiang, H. J. Lim +3 more
2021Scientific Reports71 citations Open access
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Singapore’s 5 decades of dengue prevention and control—Implications for global dengue control
S. H. Ho, Jue T. Lim, Janet Ong, H. Hapuarachchi +2 more
2023PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases68 citations Open access
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The first introduced malaria case reported from Sri Lanka after elimination: implications for preventing the re-introduction of malaria in recently eliminated countries
Vissundara M. Karunasena, M. Marasinghe, Carmen Koo, S. Amarasinghe +9 more
2019Malaria Journal59 citations Open access
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Intra-epidemic evolutionary dynamics of a Dengue virus type 1 population reveal mutant spectra that correlate with disease transmission
H. Hapuarachchi, Carmen Koo, Relus Kek, Helen Xu +8 more
2016Scientific Reports42 citations Open access
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Feeding Host Range of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Demonstrates Its Opportunistic Host-Seeking Behavior in Rural Singapore
Relus Kek, H. Hapuarachchi, C. Chung, Mahathir Bin Humaidi +8 more
2014Journal of medical entomology41 citations Open access
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Multiple origins of resistance-conferring mutations in Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase
Vivian N Hawkins, Alyson Auliff, S. K. Prajapati, K. Rungsihirunrat +7 more
2008Malaria Journal41 citations Open access
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Microbial survey of ready-to-eat salad ingredients sold at retail reveals the occurrence and the persistence of Listeria monocytogenes Sequence Types 2 and 87 in pre-packed smoked salmon
Ling-Chau Man, K. T. Aung, H. Hapuarachchi, Pei Sze Valarie Lee +7 more
2017BMC Microbiology40 citations Open access
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Using spatial genetics to quantify mosquito dispersal for control programs
I. Filipović, H. Hapuarachchi, W. Tien, Muhammad Aliff Bin Abdul Razak +4 more
2020bioRxiv38 citations Open access
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Electrochemically amplified molecular beacon biosensor for ultrasensitive DNA sequence-specific detection of Legionella sp.
V. Rai, Yin Thu Nyine, H. Hapuarachchi, H. M. Yap +2 more
2012Biosensors & bioelectronics36 citations
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Environmental Contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in a Non-Healthcare Setting
J. Wong, H. Hapuarachchi, Sathish Arivalan, Ping-Tien Wei +6 more
2020medRxiv31 citations Open access
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Construction sites as an important driver of dengue transmission: implications for disease control
S. Liang, H. Hapuarachchi, Jayanthi Rajarethinam, Carmen Koo +4 more
2018BMC Infectious Diseases31 citations Open access
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Development and Evaluation of a SYBR Green–Based Real-Time Multiplex RT-PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection and Serotyping of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses
Hui-Xin Chen, M. Parimelalagan, Yee-Ling Lai, Kim-Sung Lee +5 more
2015Journal of Molecular Diagnostics31 citations Open access
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Characterization of Fowlpox virus in chickens and bird-biting mosquitoes: a molecular approach to investigating Avipoxvirus transmission.
Gladys Yeo, Yi-Fan Wang, S. Chong, Mahathir Humaidi +9 more
2019Journal of General Virology29 citations Open access
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Case report: Zika surveillance complemented with wastewater and mosquito testing
J. C. Wong, M. Tay, H. Hapuarachchi, Benjamin Lee +7 more
2024EBioMedicine25 citations Open access
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Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in retail food in Singapore
K. T. Aung, Yang-Hsu Li, T. Koh, H. Hapuarachchi +3 more
2017Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control25 citations Open access
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Highly Selective Transmission Success of Dengue Virus Type 1 Lineages in a Dynamic Virus Population: An Evolutionary and Fitness Perspective
Carmen Koo, Ping-Tien Wei, Helen Xu, Janet Ong +4 more
2018iScience24 citations Open access
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Multiplex targeted mass spectrometry assay for one-shot flavivirus diagnosis
S. Wee, Asfa Alli-Shaik, Relus Kek, H. Swa +6 more
2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America23 citations Open access
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Salmonella in Retail Food and Wild Birds in Singapore—Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Sequence Types
K. T. Aung, Hong-Jun Chen, M. L. Chau, G. Yap +15 more
2019International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health22 citations Open access
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Development of an ef ﬁ cient wastewater testing protocol for high-throughput country-wide SARS-CoV-2 monitoring
Marcella Kong, Swee Ling Lowa, H. Hapuarachchi, J. Wong
202220 citations
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Flavivirus Cross-Reactivity to Dengue Nonstructural Protein 1 Antigen Detection Assays
Li-Kiang Tan, Wing-Yan Wong, Hui-Ting Yang, R. G. Huber +4 more
2019Diagnostics20 citations Open access
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Island-wide diversity in single nucleotide polymorphisms of the Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase genes in Sri Lanka
Mette L. Schousboe, R. Rajakaruna, A. Salanti, H. Hapuarachchi +5 more
2007Malaria Journal20 citations Open access
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SYBR green-based one step quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Zika virus in field-caught mosquitoes
W. Tien, G. Lim, Gladys Yeo, Suzanna Chiang +3 more
2017Parasites & Vectors19 citations Open access
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Assessing the Risk of Dengue Virus Local Transmission: Study on Vector Competence of Italian Aedes albopictus
C. Fortuna, F. Severini, G. Marsili, L. Toma +10 more
2024Viruses16 citations Open access
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Point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes of Plasmodium falciparum and resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Sri Lanka.
H. Hapuarachchi, M. Dayanath, K. Bandara, S. Abeysundara +4 more
2006American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene16 citations
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Genetic Variability in Probe Binding Regions Explains False Negative Results of a Molecular Assay for the Detection of Dengue Virus
Carmen Koo, S. Kaur, Zhi-Yong Teh, Helen Xu +5 more
2016Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases15 citations
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Clinico-genetic characterisation of an encephalitic Dengue virus 4 associated with multi-organ involvement.
H. Hapuarachchi, H. Oh, T. Thein, Kwoon-Yong Pok +5 more
2013Journal of Clinical Virology15 citations
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Clinical Outcome and Genetic Differences within a Monophyletic Dengue Virus Type 2 Population
H. Hapuarachchi, Rachel Chua, Yuan Shi, T. Thein +5 more
2015PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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Assessment of the origins and spread of putative resistance-conferring mutations in Plasmodium vivax dihydropteroate synthase.
Vivian N Hawkins, Stephanie M. Suzuki, K. Rungsihirunrat, H. Hapuarachchi +3 more
2009American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene14 citations Open access
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Viral and Antibody Kinetics, and Mosquito Infectivity of an Imported Case of Zika Fever Due to Asian Genotype (American Strain) in Singapore
C. Tan, Li-Kiang Tan, H. Hapuarachchi, Y. Lai +7 more
2018Viruses13 citations Open access
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Molecular epidemiology of dengue in Malaysia: 2015–2021
Y. Chem, S. P. Yenamandra, C. Chong, R. Mudin +9 more
2024Frontiers in Genetics10 citations Open access
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Isolation and Genetic Characterization of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Two Decades after Its Elimination in Singapore
M. Lim, Z. Loh, Hui Ling Yeo, S. P. Yenamandra +9 more
2022Viruses9 citations Open access
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Molecular Analysis of the Bloodmeals of Culex spp. Mosquitoes at Natural Habitats in Singapore to Investigate the Potential Risk of Japanese Encephalitis Virus and West Nile Virus Transmission
Gladys Yeo, Sharon Chan, Choon Beng How, Mahathir Humaidi +8 more
2020Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases9 citations
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Diagnostic challenges and case management of the first imported case of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sri Lanka
A. Ranaweera, M. Danansuriya, Kusumawathie Pahalagedera, W. M. K. T. de A. W. Gunasekera +8 more
2017Malaria Journal9 citations Open access
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Transient transmission of Chikungunya virus in Singapore exemplifies successful mitigation of severe epidemics in a vulnerable population.
H. Hapuarachchi, Wing-Yan Wong, Carmen Koo, W. Tien +8 more
2021International Journal of Infectious Diseases8 citations Open access
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Development of an ef ﬁ cient wastewater testing protocol for high-throughput country-wide SARS-CoV-2 monitoring
Marcella Kong, Swee Ling Lowa, H. Hapuarachchi, J. Wong
7 citations
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Genetic Diversity and Dispersal of DENGUE Virus among Three Main Island Groups of the Philippines during 2015–2017
A. K. Sy, Carmen Koo, K. J. R. Privaldos, M. A. Quinoñes +5 more
2023Viruses6 citations Open access
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